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Kill This Thread XXIV !

The following rules were established by Kent Shakespeare at the start of the first 24-hour version, adapted from the original rules by EDE:

The rules:

1. The Basic Idea: Post to this thread, if no one posts after you for 24 hours, you win!

2. Posts that are not direct responses to one of the five preceding posts are ineligible to win. The topic can drift, but no complete non-sequitors. Posts that are responses to non-sequitors are also ineligible to win. Posts that are responses to responses to non-sequitors, and response nses to those posts, etc., become eligible, however.

3. In the event that this thread is locked, there shall be no winner unless a new thread is started for the contest. Furthermore, any post that results in the banning of the poster shall also be ineligible to win.

4. So, more precisely, one wins if one makes a post, and then no one makes another post that's eligible to win for 24 hours.


Here's a history of our various felons, along with a few missed opportunities.....

I - walkwithcrowds (7-day version)
II - none
III - none
IV - Quislet, Esq
V - Rockhopper Lad (the first 24-hour version)
VI - Rockhopper Lad
VII - cleome
VIII - Rockhopper Lad
IX - Rockhopper Lad
X - none
XI - none
XII - none
XIII - Invisible Brainiac
XIV - Invisible Brainiac
XV - Invisible Brainiac
XVI - Invisible Brainiac
XVII - Invisible Brainiac
XVIII - cleome
XIX - cleome
XX - cleome
XXI - Jfposey
XXII - Invisible Brainiac
XXIII - jfposey
XIV - Invisible Brainiac
XV - PALADIN (eff YEAH!!!)
XVI- Quislet, Esq.
XVII - Invisible Brainiac
XVIII - none
XIX - none
XX - Quislet, Esq.
XXI - thoth lad
XXII - Ann Hebistand
XXIII - Quislet, Esq.

I win for the second (albeit not consecutive) time!

Lots of catching up to get None's tally.

IB beats none’s record

None is such a master at this.

I think the way just gets on with things, without the need for congratulations or any sort of recognition is a lesson for us all.

A humble person, this None.

None is very 'eavy, very 'umble...no, wait, that's the title of a Uriah Heep album!

He's not 'eavy, he's my None.

A nunnish None

The number of Nones (not belonging to a specific religious group) is increasing.

I'd like a none of the above option on the ballot paper.

The Above tribe is very protective of its members, though.

I’ve had the idea that none of the above should always be an option on ballots. Then if that gets the most vote they have to hold a special election with all new candidates.

I wonder how that would work with ranked-choice voting.

It could just be an option, that when chosen, would remove the requirement to have second or third votes.

We all know that such an option will never be put in place.

Politicians aren't exactly known for wanting to increase our options when it comes to voting.

We usually have five or six presidential candidates in the final round of elections in the Philippines. Great way to split the vote.

We also elect our presidents and vice presidents separately. Very common to have the winners coming from different political parties...

... which are largely meaningless as politicians jump from party to party all the time.

Don't you just love it.

The US originally had the Vice President be the candidate who came in second for president

Which might have worked out better if they hadn't allowed each elector two votes.

I wonder if a lot of people decided to split their votes "just in case". Then they could tell each winner that they had voted for them.

Once the party system developed, the way it was supposed to work was that all of the electors for a certain party would vote for the Presidential and Vice-presidential candidate of that party, except one person would not vote for the Vice-presidential candidate, so the VP candidate would come in second. But very quickly this became confusing, and there was a mixup as to who was supposed to not vote for the VP, leading to a tied election between Thomas Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr.

great plan, poor execution.

One of our new cabinet members has come out in favour of a return to capital punishment.

In Rhode Island a “cabinet” is another name for a milk shake

There would be a lot of mess to clean up if we kept trying to put dishes and cutlery in such cabinets over here.

That explains the popular Rhode Island saying, "My cabinet brings all the boys to the yard."

And here I thought cabinet just meant a legal firm.

Milk shake or cabinet, I am sorry young lady but you do not bring ALL the boys to your yard.

No, some of the boys go to the bedroom.

Bedrooms can have cabinets too.

And they are a good place to drink milkshakes.

Kitchens would be the usual location for that though.

Spaceopoly threads are filled with everything but the kitchen sink.

We've had discussions about kitchen sink cinema on Legion World.

There is an old Peanuts cartoon. Two of the characters are talking about Charlie Brown. How three big boys were chasing him. They were getting closer and closer. Suddenly Charlie Brown organized a discussion group.

That... seems a bit abrupt.

Never underestimate Charlie Brown!

That round-headed kid knows how to surprise.

"That Round-Headed Kid" is what Snoopy always calls Charlie Brown, because he can never remember his owner's name. Snoopy even thought up a half-assed excuse, "It's a complicated name, I have trouble with names like that."

Peppermint Patty always calls Charlie Brown "Chuck".

Chuck Cunningham was the older brother who disappeared on Happy Days

Chuck got chucked.

Whenever I try to watch an episode of Happy Days or any other "classic" Garry Marshall TV comedy show, I feel like I'm going to up-chuck.

Funny is subjective

Although some, like a custard pie to the face, a fall on a banana skin or Scotland's attempts to get past the group stages of a major soccer tournament are more widely funny than many other things.

and then there's Brexit.

Like watching a comedian crash on stage, getting up to leave only to find out you're stuck listening to it for more than 3 years. The anti-Ken Dodd experience. For those who've not heard of him, Dodd was a comedian for whom running time was but a vague notion. His shows would frequently overrun with silliness.

And now for something completely different. A man with three buttocks.

Perhaps he only believes he has 3 buttocks. Analysis will help.

That's putting the anal in analysis!

If it wasn’t for disappointment I wouldn’t have any appointments.

- They Might Be Giants

6'4 tall
4 inches
Disappointment

Size queen

Is that a new candidate for a Legion tryout?

Yes. It is the code name for Colossal Boy’s gay younger brother.

It's a very apt code name.

There is also a Patrick Fillion character called Size King, who is on the same hero team as Naked Justice, Horsefly, and Glow-worm...

Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer
Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer

New Zealand's Waitomo Caves are known for the beautiful glow-worms on the ceiling. They look like stars.

This perception might change if one drops on you.

Not to be confused with glower-worms, which mostly just look at you unhappily.

Yo do at least get to look at glower and glow worms. The Silk Worm's cousin, the Sulk Worm is rarely seen. It prefers to stay in its home until it's infamous tantrums wear off.

Their distant relative, the Sock Worm, has a nasty habit of surprising the owners of said socks.

Little known fact: Polio vaccines are actually obtained from the rare Salk Worm.

I was going to make a joke about the Salk Worm, but EDE beat me to it.

Now I'll go be a Sulk Worm.

My name is Dr. Worm.
Good morning. How are you? I'm Dr. Worm.
I'm interested in things.
I'm not a real doctor,
But I am a real worm;
I am an actual worm.
I live like a worm.
I like to play the drums.
I think I'm getting good,
But I can handle criticism.
I'll show you what I know,
And you can tell me if you think I'm getting better on the drums.
I'll leave the front un-locked 'cause I can't
Hear the doorbell

Dr. Worm has terrible memories of the time he auditioned for a band, only for it to turn out to be Dr. Hook.

Early Bird was pretty pleased with the whole thing, though.

Early Bird Kickstarters entice backers with exclusive kickstarter only content. On occasion that exclusive content doesn't stay that way, to much grumbling with the backers.

And the backers kick the Kickstarters out.

There are some that just take the money and run with it in the end. As long as they show they have tried to make progress to completion in good faith, there seems to be little that can be done. There's inherent risks in backing the project and it's not like you are guaranteed to get the goods. Some are even bigger chancers than that.

If you change your mind
I'm the first in line
Honey, I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know
Gonna be around
If you've got no place to go
When you're feeling down

If you're all alone
When the pretty birds have flown
Honey, I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best
And it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test
If you let me try

Take a chance on me
That's all I ask of you, honey
Take a chance on me

If you leave me now you'll take away the biggest part of me
No baby please don't go
And if you leave me now you'll take away the very heart of me
No baby please don't go, no I just want you to stay

A vase behind me just shattered at the high pitch of reading that.

Shades of... I was going to name a famous glass-shattering singer but I am not sure who, so shades of Black Canary and Tyroc!

The Shade and Black Canary appeared in Robinson's Starman. No time travelling Tyroc but there wa a future Starman.

Our lovely Legionnaires Star Boy and Umbra appeared too. And Uncanny Amazers Atmos and Insect Queen.

Dream Girl is considered the loveliest of the Legionnaires.

"Dreams I'll Never See" is a so-called "Southern Rock" song written in the late 60s and recorded many times since.

The song's lyricist, the late Gregg Allman, once quipped, "Why the hell do they call it "Southern Rock?" Rock music's roots are all in the South. Might as well call it "Rock Rock."

You hear a lot these days about the decline of rock music.

You hear a lot these days about the decline of the middle class.

What you don't hear much about is the fact that these two events are intimately connected.

What is this "middle class" you speak of, EDE?

Does it date from the Jurassic Era? Is there proof it ever existed?

(Just kidding, EDE. I agree with you 100 percent. Rock music is so symbiotic with things like suburbia and casual comforts and chain restaurants and shopping malls. We are so living in the end of an era. And lately, I've found that I actually have mixed emotions about it!)

It's the end of the world as we know it! And Ann feels ambivalent!